Baptist Colony

Historical marker location:

941 West Rush Road, Rush, New York

( Marker is on West Rush Road (County Route 65) 0.1 miles west of Stoney Brook Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1959

The first woman to vote in a United States presidential election was a resident of Rochester, New York named Susan B. Anthony. She cast her ballot in the 1872 election, for which she was arrested and fined.